Celebrating America’s Healthiest Schools: Horton Elementary School
Learn more about how schools across the country are promoting whole health needs of students and staff with profiles on some of America's Healthiest Schools award winners.
Supporting Student Success through School Health Policy
States and school districts across the country are leveraging school health policies to support children’s health and learning during COVID-19. This includes making policy changes to support access to healthy meals, deliver telehealth services and implement programs to support the…
Students and Staff Partner for Healthy Hydration
El Cerrito High School is committed to engaging stakeholders at all levels in designing and implementing wellness initiatives for students and staff. When student leaders raised concerns about access to clean, fresh drinking water, the school health center staff and…
Making Healthy, Clean Drinking Water the Norm
Martin Luther King Jr. High School in Pittsburg, CA wanted to encourage their students to drink more water instead of unhealthy sugar-sweetened beverages. Yet, teachers realized that traditional water fountains offered only part of the answer. They also wanted to…
Innovative Smoothie Program Boosts Breakfast Participation
Wells Middle School in Riverside, CA has been motivated by the abundance of research linking healthy nutritious school meals, particularly breakfast meals, with student academic achievement. In an effort to increase participation in breakfast meal programs and support students and…
Healthy Activities to Do at Home (Action for Healthy Kids)
Action for Healthy Kids shares activities and resources to keep their kids moving, learning, and eating healthily when they are out of school for any reason.
Game On Activity Library (Action for Healthy Kids)
Action for Healthy Kids offers ways to incorporate healthy activities, brain breaks, nutrition education, and opportunities for social-emotional learning during virtual learning sessions.
Food for Health (Kaiser Permanente)
Easy recipies and ideas for eating healthy at home, delivered to your inbox from Kaiser Permanante.
CDC Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC)
Learn about the the CDC’s framework for addressing health in schools, the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child model (WSCC). This resource includes strategies to integrate school health services, nutrition, physical education/activity, and out-of-school time across the WSCC framework.
CDC Childhood Nutrition Facts
Explore the latest guidance from the CDC to support the growth and development of healthy children and teens.
